VPS Arena

DigitalOcean General Purpose Premium Intel 2C vs Scaleway POP2-HC-4C-8G.

plan vs plan · September 2026 · refreshed daily

Scaleway POP2-HC-4C-8G takes 4 of 6 spec rounds against DigitalOcean General Purpose Premium Intel 2C. It is also the cheaper plan, at $90.50/mo versus $92.20/mo.

DigitalOcean

General Purpose Premium Intel 2C · 8 GB · 165 GB

$92.20/mo

2 vCPU dedicated · 8 GB · 165 GB NVME

provider ↗
Scalewaywins 4 rounds

POP2-HC-4C-8G

$90.50/mo

4 vCPU dedicated · 8 GB · 0 MB

provider ↗

Monthly price(lower wins)

$92.20/mo

$90.50/mo

$ per GB RAM(lower wins)

$11.53

$11.31

RAM

8 GB

8 GB

vCPU

2 ded.

4 ded.

Disk

165 GB NVME

0 MB

Bandwidth

4 TB/mo

unmetered

Value score

7/100

4/100

Regions

10

4

Countries served by both · 1

  • NL

Go further

Add a third or fourth plan, or switch the workload weighting, in the interactive tool.

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, DigitalOcean General Purpose Premium Intel 2C or Scaleway POP2-HC-4C-8G?
Scaleway POP2-HC-4C-8G at $90.50/mo (excl. VAT) versus $92.20/mo — a difference of $1.70/mo, as of 10 Sept 2026.
Which offers more RAM per dollar?
Scaleway POP2-HC-4C-8G: $11.31 per GB of RAM per month versus $11.53 for DigitalOcean General Purpose Premium Intel 2C.
Can I deploy both in the same country?
Yes — both plans are offered in 1 shared country: NL.

Prices exclude VAT, fetched 10 Sept 2026 from each provider's own API or public price page. Bars are scaled to the larger value in each row.

Related head-to-headsDigitalOcean CPU-Optimized Premium Intel 4C vs Scaleway POP2-HC-4C-8GDigitalOcean CPU-Optimized 4C vs Scaleway POP2-HC-4C-8GDigitalOcean CPU-Optimized 4C vs Scaleway POP2-HC-4C-8GDigitalOcean General Purpose Premium Intel 2C vs Linode Premium 8GBDigitalOcean General Purpose Premium Intel 2C vs Vultr Optimized Cloud 4CScaleway POP2-HC-4C-8G vs Vultr Optimized Cloud 4C